Are We Poised to Witness the Greatest Domestic Act of Genocide Since the...
I visited Annunciation House in November of 2019. This is a Catholic run haven for homeless migrants, a drop of water to combat a limitless thirst. Most people, fleeing climate catastrophe and the...
View ArticlePodemos’s Left-Populism Fell Victim to Its Elitist Culture
Upon its creation ten years ago, Podemos promised to rally the masses against the establishment parties. But it soon became dominated by highly educated progressives, confining its appeal to just part...
View ArticleThe World Court Has Just Cleared The Fog Hiding Western Support For Israel’s...
Don’t be fooled. The ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 19 July that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is unlawful is earth-shattering. Israel is a rogue state, according to the...
View ArticleThe Democratic Party’s Culture of Loyalty
The Biden campaign drove the Democratic Party into a ditch and speculation is rampant about grim prospects for the election. But little scrutiny has gone into examining how such a dire situation...
View ArticleIntegrity vs Expediency: The Climate Trial
Note: This article was transcribed from a prison phoneline. You can listen to it here. Yesterday, myself and four others were imprisoned for four to five years. The conservatives and the liberals have...
View ArticleLaunching the International Network for Democratic Economic Planning (INDEP)
Could you start by telling us a little bit about yourself? Where are you based? What is your background? What are your interests? How would you describe your politics? Would you like to share anything...
View ArticleHow to Change Everything
An interview with The Ink, about where we are, how we got here and where we need to go. George Monbiot, interviewed by The Ink, 9th July 2024 TI: Can you walk us through how you define neoliberalism” —...
View Article‘Aligned With Israel’s Propaganda Strategy’: BBC Correspondent Challenges the...
Last November, we reported on an incisive and courageous email that had been sent on 24 October 2023 to Tim Davie, the BBC’s Director General, by Rami Ruhayem, a Beirut-based BBC correspondent. Basing...
View ArticleKing Cattle and Direct Provision
Let me start with, like An tAthair Peadar O Laoghaire in Mo Scéal Féin, the Irish text book for the Intermediate Certificate in the 1970s, with one of my first memories. An tAthair Peadar O Laoghaire...
View Article‘Terrorist Organization’? What’s Behind the Israeli War on UNRWA
Targeting a school during a war could be justified or, at least, argued to have been a mistake. But striking over 120 schools, killing and wounding thousands of civilians sheltered inside, can only be...
View ArticleThe Labyrinth of Propaganda
In periods of great social and political polarization, names, concepts and ideologies are subject to great semantic turmoil. The confusion created is intentional, and is one of the privileged...
View ArticleThe Anti-Extractivism of Mdou Moctar
“Dear African leaders, hear my burning question / Why does your ear only heed France and America?” begins the opening title track of Mdou Moctar’s new, internationally acclaimed album, Funeral for...
View ArticleShawn Fain for VP!
In the short term, we are often caught between our dreams and realism. But there is a chance right now to offer a suggestion for the Democratic Party’s vice-presidential pick that would be both...
View ArticleLocal Wins for Gig Drivers Could Translate to National Gains
The trend toward gig work has increased in recent years, and it’s easy to see why the business class has encouraged this. Gig work is often transitory and isolating, which keeps workers from forming...
View ArticleRepair Café & Darning the Planet
Repair Café & Darning the Planet practice will help you learn specific skills for visibly mending your own clothes and textiles in community. It will also encourage you to reflect about what making...
View ArticleHonduras, 15 Years After the Coup: an Interview With Ousted President Manuel...
On June 28, 2009, democratically elected Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was ousted by a military coup. In response to Zelaya’s push for a poll to gauge public interest in constitutional changes, the...
View ArticleAbortion Misinformation Is All Over the Internet. You Can Blame Big Tech...
HeyJane, a telemedicine abortion provider, has had its TikTok account banned three times. Plan C, an organization that provides information about accessing abortion pills by mail, has had multiple...
View ArticleWorkers Want Unions. Labor Movement Ingenuity Can Provide.
In 1933, union density in the United States stood at a dismal 10 percent, similar to what it is today. From that low starting point, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) cohered and organized...
View ArticleZ Network & Activist Media – An Interview with Alexandria Shaner
Today I was able to speak to one of the (few) staff members of Z Network. She discussed her background, joining Z Network, its origin, how it has developed over the decades, approaching potential...
View ArticleLittle Free Library’s Not-So-Little Commitment to Getting the Word Out
You’ve seen them in front of houses and public spaces like food stores, parks, schoolyards, and coffee shops; small, birdhouse-like cases that anyone can take a book from or leave a book in for others...
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